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...Kurt Vonnegut's newest book, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, the intrepid author boldly crosses the threshold between life and death. Into the blue tunnel and through the pearly gates forges Vonnegut in search of precious interviews with post-mortems, from James Earl Ray and Eugene Victor Debs to William Shakespeare and Kilgore Trout. At the outset of this fictional narrative, the author of Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions writes "My first near-death experience was an accident, a botched anesthesia during a triple-bypass." He finds the event so fascinating that he decides to elicit...
...nostril. Ask about Bono's reworking Anarchy in the U.K. for a new sound track, and the response is swift. "It's horrible!" How about American rabble-rousers like shock jock Howard Stern? "He's one joke that's already tired." Post-punk diva Courtney Love? "Courtney Loves Kurt's money." Don't count on Lydon's accepting any Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honors either. "Never. I don't need accolades from boring old farts." Thankfully, Lydon remains rotten to the core...
Magazines like Teen Beat have not changed much over the ages. Where the visages of Kurt Cameron, Debbie Gibson and Jordan Knight once stood now stand James "Cut Your Hair" Van Der Beek, Jessica Simpson and, um, Jordan Knight. But one aspect that has changed significantly in the past few years is the coverage of music. Traditionally obsessed with teen pop sensations, Teen Beat, J-14 and other teen trash journals have assimilated the world of alternative rock into its corpus of cool kids...
...were good to both No Doubt and Korn. The glorification of alternative rock assisted by a fatal self-inflicted bullet wound to Kurt Cobain sent record companies, radio stations, and teenagers into an alterna-frenzy. Perfect timing landed both bands with a series of chart-topping singles. No Doubt titillated the lighter souls with "Just a Girl," "Spider Web" and "Don't Speak," while Korn captured the darker souls with "Blind," "Shoots and Ladders," and "Clown." Gwen Stefani excited, Jonathan Davis incited and new modern rock heroes were born...
...With Kurt Loder and MTV cameras at their backs, No Doubt strolled on stage. Sans cosmetic braces, Stefani coyly flirted with the first few notes of "New" before surging into the quick paced skank-adelic pop. Instead of bumping and moving, the little ravers were content with singing along to every word. Stefani pranced around the stage to all the hits, spinning her "Spider Web" and tell us "Don't Speak." Her attempts at flirting and posing for the crowd were uncharacteristically unsuccessful, as the mostly female crowd was more interested in bassist and Stefani ex-boyfriend Tony Kanal...